2019-2020学年广州执信中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年广州执信中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
New events and changes of junior golf competition calendar
New events
Notah BegayⅢJunior Golf National Championship
What does a junior golfer aim to pursue? One thing is to be noticed, ideally by a college coach. A remarkable opportunity will be offered by the Notah BegayⅢJunior Golf National Championship to its participants: an event broadcast by Golf Channel. Players aged between eight and 18 can compete in the new event; information about where and when it will be held will be released later.
Barbasol Junior Championship
Beginning the career in the PGA Tour is something that a junior golfer tends to dream of. The Barbasol Junior Championship, which is scheduled to take place between June 29 and July 2 at Keene Trace Golf Club inNicholasville,Kentucky, will provide such an opportunity. Boys under 19 years old will qualify for this new 54-hole event, and the winner will be awarded a spot at the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship in July.
Changed events
Thunderbird International Junior
The dates of the AJGA's Thunderbird International Junior have to be changed since the NCAA Championships move to Grayhawk Golf Club inScottsdale,Arizona, for the next three years. Generally, the Thunderbird is played at the end of May. However, this year it is scheduled on different dates for the first time, from April 9 to 12, which means, of course, that the finish date is on Masters Sunday.
Gator Invitational
Junior golf intends to prepare for the following college golf. If this is the case, then it is crucial to simulate the higher-level experience as much as possible. Because of that, the Gator Invitational, as a junior boys' event, has made a significant decision on becoming a 54-hole event by adding a round this year. The new version will be played from March 13 to 15 at The Country Club of Jackson inJackson,Mississippi.
1. Which event can be watched on TV?
A. Notah BegayⅢJunior Golf National Championship.
B. Barbasol Junior Championship.
C. Thunderbird International Junior.
D. Gator Invitational.
2. When will the Thunderbird International Junior be played?
A. At the end of May.
B. From April 9 to 12.
C. Between June 29and July 2.
D. From March 13 to 15.
3. What has been changed about the Gator Invitational?
A. The award given to the winner
B. The place where it is played.
C. The required age of the players.
D. The number of rounds it has.
B
Avi Loeb, a scientist, believes that we are not alone in the universe. The belief fits withLoeb's alien spaceship theory that at least one alien spaceship might be flying over the orbit of Jupiter, which won the international attention last year.
Astronomers inHawaiifound the first known interstellar object in late 2017. It was a bit of light moving so fast past the sun that it could only have come from another star. Almost every astronomer on the planet was trying to figure out how the object, called “Oumuamua” got to our far-away part of the Milky way galaxy. “One possibility is that ‘Oumuamua’ is debris from an advanced technological equipment,” Loeb said. “Technology comes from another solar system just showed up at our door. ”
“‘Oumuamua’ is not an alien spaceship,” Paul Sutter, another scientist wrote. He suggested Loeb was seeking publicity. Most scientists think “Oumuamua” is some sort of rock. They think it could be an icy wandering comet.
Loeb says that “Oumuamua's” behavior means it can't be a block of rock shaped like a long photo. He thinks it's more likely an object that's very long and thin, perhaps like a long pancake or a ship's sail. Loeb says that if someone shows him evidence thatcontradictshis beliefs, he will immediately give in.
Loeb believes himself a truth-teller and risk-taker in an age of very safe, too-quiet scientists. “The worst thing that can happen to me is that I would be relieved of my management duties, and that would give me even more time to focus on science,” Loeb says. He said he wouldn't mind giving up all the titles he had and returning to the Israeli farming village where he grew up.
4. What does Loeb say about “Oumuamua”?
A. It is an icy comet.
B. It looks like a long photo.
C. It is actually some sort of rock.
D. It may come from another alien civilization.
5. What does the underlined word “contradicts” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Goes against.
B. Relies on.
C. Turns to.
D. Searches for.
6. What do you think of Loeb?
A. He is foolish.
B. He is unsatisfied with his titles.
C. He is a firm believer in scientific truth.
D. He is uncertain about his career future.
7. What's the best title for the text?
A. Have Aliens Paid a Visit in Spaceships?
B. Do We Really Know about Space Theory?
C. Scientists Are Working on High Technology
D. Astronomers Are Encouraging Space Travel
C
On September 7, 1930, Yuan Longping was born inBeijing. Fluent in English, his mother often read Friedrich Nietzsche's works to him. Influenced by his mother, Yuan Longping liked English,geography and chemistry at school. After graduating from university, he became a teacher in the countryside ofHunanin 1953.
With lots of crop failures, nationwide hunger hitChinain the 1960s, making many people live a bad life. Yuan was sad and felt he must do something. Since the climate inHunanwas not friendly to growing wheat. He decided to devote himself to studying how to increase the production of rice, a basic food for over 60 percent of Chinese people. From then on, he began a lifelong connection with rice.
Yuan Longping succeeded in growing the world's first high production hybrid rice (杂交水稻) variety in 1973, which could reach a yield of over 500 kg per more than 200 kg than before. For the next four decades, he continued to work on the research of hybrid rice. In 2020, hybrid rice developed by his team achieved 1,500 kg permuin two growing seasons, a new world record.
Nowadays, the hybrid rice is grown in almost half ofChina's rice fields and its production accounts for 60 percent of the total rice production inChina. The hybrid rice production is 20 percent more than the common kinds , the yearly increase of which feeds up to 100 million people.
In 2019, Yuan Longping, known as the “Father of hybrid rice”, was awarded with Medal of the Republic,China's highest honor.
Yuan Longping's biggest dream in life was to develop more hybrid rice varieties, which could be grown all over the world to help solve the global food problem. So far, the hybrid varieties he developed have been grown in over 40 countries, including theUSA,BrazilandIndia.
8. What do we know about Yuan Longping according to the text?
A. He began to study hybrid rice in 1973.
B. He received the highest honor inChinaat 90.
C. He ever taught math in the city after graduation.
D. He ever hoped Chinese would be free from hunger.
9. How does the author mainly show the achievements of Yuan Longping in hybrid rice?
A. By listing figures.
B. By quoting reports.
C. By imagining results.
D. By explaining reasons.
10. Which of the following best describes Yuan Longping according to the text?
A. Patient and honest.
B. Energetic and athletic.
C. Capable and remarkable.
D. Humorous and adventurous.
11. What is the text mainly about?
A. The life of Yuan Longping.
B. The team of Yuan Longping.
C. The honor of Yuan Longping.
D. The education of Yuan Longping.
D
Sonoma County is adding artificial intelligence to its wildfire fighting. The county has entered into an agreement with the South Korean firm Alchera to equip its network of fire-spotting cameras with software that detects wildfire activity and then issues a warning to authorities.
The technology examines past and current images of terrain (地形;地势) and searches for certain changes, such as flames burning in darkness, said Chris Godley, the county’s director of emergency management. But emergency workers will first have to“teach”the system to distinguish between images that show fire smoke, and others that might show clouds, fog etc. The software will use feedback from humans to improve its algorithm(算法) and will eventually be able to detect fires on its own — or at least that’s what county officials hope.
“It’s kind of like learning how to read,”Godley said. “What letters can I put together to make up a word?” The county activated the technology Wednesday and received 16 positive reports of smoke — all of which turned out to be permitted burns, he said. Once a seasonal ban on controlled burns goes into effect in April or May, the county plans to speed up the testing and feedback phase. The hope is that by November, the system will no longer need to be taught and can start providing reliable intelligence. Godley said. “It’s going to take us a while to make sure weget the bugs outand that we really can depend on it because ultimately this is a lifesaving mission.”
The technology is intended to help officials investigate potential fire starts earlier so they can get personnel out to them more quickly and issue necessary warnings. Officials expect other places will adopt it if the technology is successful, particularly because it plugs into the camera network that’s already in place statewide.
“We ultimately believe its potential could be realized in a year or two,” Godley said. “And it could really have a dramatic impact here in California.”
12. What does the system first have to do before being put into work?
A. Equip its network of fire-spotting cameras with software.
B. Learn to tell between images of fire smoke and other pictures.
C. Use feedbacks to improve its ability to detect fire independently.
D. Examine images of the terrain and search for any possible changes.
13. What do local officials expect the technology to accomplish?
A. Be able to make positive reports of smoke.
B. Be able to control seasonal burns in the area.
C. Help them spot potential fire starts as soon as possible.
D. Learn how to distinguish pictures of flames from clouds.
14. What does the underlined part in paragraph 3 mean?
A. kill all the bugs.
B. get rid of mistakes
C. provide reliable information
D. speed up testing process
15. What does the author mainly intend to tell us?
A. AI is creating a dramatic impact in California.
B. AI is applied to monitor terrains in California.
C. A new tool to help detect wildfire in California.
D. A new way to put an end to wildfire in California.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项
Help your child look forward to school
Your child says that he is sick whenever the alarm clock goes off. Your child hides under the covers and cries, “ I hateschool” when it’s time to get ready in the morning.___16___If he behaves like that , there could be more than book reports and tests making him want to stay at home.
Talk to your child
You can ask questions like “ Did you have a good day today?” or “___17___” If your child rides the bus, you can ask where he sits and why.
Talk to the teacher
Meet with your child’s teacher. Discuss the problems you are having at home and find out what is happening at school. Are there behaviour problems you do not realize?___18___
Be aware
Your child’s problem may also be caused by a learning disability. If you think there’s such a problem, talk to the school.___19___Most schools have either an in-housepsychologist(心理学家) or one who visits the school regularly. Set up atime to discuss the problem with his teachers.
___20___
If your child’s homework is untidy, don’tcriticize(批评) his handwriting. Instead, praise him for completing the work. If his clothes don’t match in the morning, tell him how proud you are that he got ready for school on time instead of criticizing him.
A. Look for the good.
B. Volunteer in the classroom.
C. Do other students make fun of your child?
D. How are you getting along with your classmates?
E. You might get angry when your child tell lies at school
F. Your child forgets to bring home his homework on purpose.
G. His teachers will pay more attention to while he’s in class.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
完形填空（共20小题；每小题21.5分，满分30分）
I grew up on a small farm, living a life that I took for granted, My ___21___worked in the city as a carpenter. He was quiet: distant, He was not highly educated,___22___he was smart, trying to teachmy brother and me___23___things, including respect. I did not like him very much, though.
My father never missed___24___. But one day he got off work earlier, His back hurt and he didn't___25___well. Soon he was diagnosed with blood cancer. For the last year of my father's life, his ___26___day consisted of rising from his bed and walking to his chair to sit and think. He was predictably sitting in that___27___when I came home from school one day, He asked me to sit down. What ___28___still moves me these decades later. He ___29___me about his life, his family, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was____30____a pipe had burst, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been____31____for maybe an hour or more when I____32____that, in fact, he was doing ____33____telling. He was asking to be forgiven and all it took was____34____, Knowing that was what he needed, I____35____everything immediately.
What do you do when your "enemies" reveal they are____36____human? I think you either forgive and
move forward or____37____to resentment (怨恨)and live in the past, I'm certainly not ____38____that my father got sick, but____39____, I realize that if he hadn't, I might never have, come to ____40____him.
22. A. father B. uncle C. brother D. grandpa
23. A. So B. and C. but D. as
24. A. funny B. useful C. strange D. impossible
25. A. school B. travel C. treatment D. work
26. A. read B. drive C. behave D. feel
27. A. remaining B. entire C. tiring D. final
28. A. room B. farm C. chair D. bed
29. A. followed B. appeared C. broke out D. run out
30. A. told B. warned C. reminded D. informed
31. A. because B. when C. not until D. as if
32. A. sleeping B. whispering C. speaking D. trembling
33. A. imagined B. announce C. realized D. mentioned
34. A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than
35. A. listening B. understanding C. saving D. begging
36. A. admitted B. ignored C. rejected D. forgave
37. A. also B. even C. never D. ever
38. A. get down B. date back C. hold on D. live up
39. A. angry B. afraid C. proud D. glad
40. A. at the same time B. in no time C. at one time D. in time
41. A. miss B. love C. doubt D. hate
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge,the world's___41.___(long) cross-sea bridge, enters the history of human engineering and connection as a point of pride upon___42.___（it) opening to traffic at 9 am on Oct.24, 2018.
One day after the opening was announced at a ceremony___43.___(hold) in Zhuhai , the bridge's ports in three different administrative regions started serving travelers around-the-clock , opening 24 hours a day, seven days a week.___44.___(ensure) faster boundary crossings for passengers, the Macao and Zhuhai ports jointly use
a one-off immigration clearance model,___45.___allows travelers to queue up only once to finish both exit and entry procedures of the two cities in about 30___46.___(second).
Apart___47.___ private cars, taxis and goods vehicles, two types of public transportation -shuttle bus（班车）and cross-boundary coach --can also run on the HZMB.___48.___frequency of shuttle buses is about 5-10minutes during peak hours. Booking tickets for the shuttle bus online in advance___49.___（be）available since 9 am on Tuesday. With the bridge now in service, the traveling time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong International Airport will____50.____( shorten) from four hours to 45 minutes, and the time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong’s Container Terminals will be cut from 3. 5 hours to 75 minutes.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(Ⅲ),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My mother tongue is English, so I like Chinese. I believe that in a decade's time, Chinese will be important as English. Also, I hope to live in Beijing one day. To make my dream realize, I need to have a high level of fluent. And I must speak it accurate. At the moment, I make too much mistakes. The reason why I want to live in Beijing is that it's what my parents meet. My dad was working here and my mum was being traveling on her way to studying pandas in China.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was touched through experiences, memories, books, stories, animals, angels, and most of all other people. People have moved me and molded (塑造) me with moments of love and examples of kindness.
One time on the day before Christmas many years ago when I was a mill worker with a minimum wage, I found myself with very little money and very little time to buy my small children a few simple toys. I knew that they would have to be cheap ones and I hoped my children would like them. I hated not having enough to give them more. I hated being poor. And I hated feeling bad at Christmas rather than happy.
I pulled into a store parking lot and counted my money again. It wasn’t much but maybe I could get
something small with it. As I was getting out of the car I noticed the Salvation Army bellringer (撞钟人) at the entrance. I felt bad again because I didn’t feel I could spare anything to give him. I started walking towards the entrance when two cars pulled into empty parking spots in front of me. The first was a shiny, new Cadillac and I felt kind of jealous when I saw it. “How nice,” I thought, “would it be to have enough money to buy a car like that.” The second car, though, was an ancient sedan, more beat-up (破旧的) and rusty than the one I was driving.
A man hopped out of the Cadillac and hurried into the store right past the bellringer without a second glance. Out of the old sedan came a young mother with three small children. Her clothes looked a sworn-out as her car, yet she stopped in front of the bellringer, smiled, opened her purse, and dropped a bill in his red kettle.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

I stood there for a minute in astonishment.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ In that second a warmth touched me, my jealousy and hatred left me, and all the love and joy filled me.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
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C 33. A 34. B 35.
D 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. B
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51.(1). so→but
(2). important前加as
(3). realize→realized
(4). fluent→fluency
(5). accurate→accurately
(6). much→many
(7). what→where
(8). meet→met
(9). here→there
(10). 删掉being
52.略。